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Or 584

Record Id:

032-003346656

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003346656

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100035884254.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054868312.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 584

Title:

ድጓ Dēggwä. Hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year, with musical notes.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

Dēggwä.

f.1r, The Dēggwä, or Hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year, with musical notes the volume begins with the Feast of S. John the Baptist and ends with the Presentation of our Lord and the Commemoration of S. Simeon the Aged.

f.1r, Beginning, ማሕሌተ ያሬድ Mahletä Yared.

f. 121r. The table of Hallelujahs.

f. 122r. the second part commences on and contains the hymns for Lent ማሕሌተ ያሬድ Mahletä Yared. .

f. 154v, A portrait of St. Takla Haimanot.

f. 155r, Easter, and concludes with a hymn on the appearance of Jehovah to Abraham (Genesis, eh. xviii.).f.231r. a note, recording that this Ms. was presented by Za-Manfas Kedus to the church of Dabra Berhan, founded by king 'iyasu I.

f. 232r, a portrait of ያሬድ Yared

Decoration: Number of illustrations 2.

Written in a small, regular character, and dated A.D. 1735.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003346656

Is part of:

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Hierarchy:

032-003346656

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100054868312.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1735

End Date:

1735

Date Range:

1735

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, about 304 x 254 mm; ff. 233 ( ii+233+i), 3 columns and 28 lines. In the original boards.

Custodial History:

Usage Statement: The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see: Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp 114-115.

Publications:

BELAI GIDAY. (1991). YaʼItyop̣yā śeleṭāné: matāsabiyānatu laQedus Yāréd. ʼAdis ʼAbabā, Balāy G.

FRITSCH, E. (2001). The liturgical year of the Ethiopian Church: the temporal--seasons and Sundays. [Place of publication not identified], Master Printing Press.

SHELEMAY, K. K., & JEFFERY, P. (1993). Ethiopian Christian liturgical chant: an anthology. Madison, Wis, A-R Editions Inc.

International Scholarly Congress For The 75th Anniversary Of The Pontifical Oriental Institute, & Taft, R. F. (1996). The Christian East, its institutions & its thought: a critical reflection : papers of the International Scholary [sic] Congress for the 75th Anniversary of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, 30 May-5 June 1993. Roma, Pontificio Istituto orientale.

YARED. (1967). Maṣḥafa deggwā. Addis Ababa, Berhanena Selam Press.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)